CHEAT NOT LEST YE BE KILLED

Woe the web we weave when first we seek to deceive.

Includes extra-marital affairs.

The ruination of many marriages. Occasionally, the death of a spouse.

This morning’s Key West Citizen in its Keys History section made mention of the Hawkins/McRae duel February 9, 1829. The participants wounded. Neither died, however. Hawkins was upset because he saw McRae leaving his wife’s bedroom via the window.

Triggered my interest. Did a little research. The whole story follows.

Charles Hawkins was a Commodore in the Mexican Navy. William McRae, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida. Hawkins saw McRae jumping out of his wife’s bedroom window. He challenged McRae to a duel.

Duels back then were fought on Key West beaches. Four shots fired. Two each. Both men wounded, but not badly. Hawkins in the wrist, McRae in the thigh.

Hawkins not happy with the result. Wanted the ultimate vengeance. He ambushed McRae and shot him through the heart. McRae died.

Key West is rampant with ghosts and ghost stories. McRae is one of them. It is said his spirit frequently visits the spot where he was murdered. He continues to have a thing for the ladies. He presents himself to them. They scare, scream and run off.

My evening began with a stop at the Bottlecap. The monthly meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Italy. A fun group. Glad I joined.

Someone had made two large trays of lasagna. Delicious!

I sat at the bar with Maggie. A new member. Her first meeting last night. I suggested Maggie and her sister join when I met them at the bocce fundraiser.

Maggie’s sister in Colorado for two weeks.

Maggie and her sister have a place on Little Torch Key. Maggie a physician. Family Practice. Works six months in Alaska. Does not pratice when in the Keys. An occasional Colorado visitor.

A charming woman.

Then to the Chart Room. John bartending. I sat next to David. Kurt and Vicky at the other end of the bar. We met on their last trip to Key West.  They are from Colorado Springs. Kathy was lamenting how frizzy her hair was. She blames the humidity. I thought she looked absolutely beautiful.

On the other side of me sat Dan Schalk. Lives in Pompano. With PYI Inc. His company sells quality marine equipment. His sales route took him south to Key West. He returns to Pompano today.

We conversed quite a while. Schools and sports. He is a proud Wisconsin grad. Super Bowls. Etc.

A nice guy. Would enjoy running into him again.

Rules do not seem to apply to Trump. At least from his perspective. Now this Nordstrom thing re his daughter Ivanka.

Trump tweeted: “My daughter…..treated so unfairly by Nordstrom…..Terrible.”

One of his sons made a statement today against Nordstrom.

Trump and his family’s conduct wrong, wrong, wrong! Will they ever learn a President and his family give up certain things when one of them becomes President. No one is allowed to use the Presidency for personal gain.

Note that Ivanka’s husband sits in the West Wing as one of Trump’s advisers.

Read a recent article in Vanity by Tina Nguyen. She writes Sean Spier was a nice guy well liked in Washington. Till he took his position of Press Secretary with Trump.

He has become Trump’s attack dog. He handles the press meetings as a “…..Hyde-esque Trump stalwart, his force contorted between anger and shell-shock.”

A news comment this morning indicates Trump wants to replace him. Not tough enough.

A major historical event. On this day in 1964, the Beatles were introduced to the United States for the first time. They appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show. The audience was mass hysteria. Teen age girls gone crazy.

I recall the evening distinctly. When you have lived as long as I, your mere existence at the time makes you a part of the historical event. I was 29 years old. Father of four. We had just purchased our first home.

Enjoy your day!

 

9 comments on “CHEAT NOT LEST YE BE KILLED

  1. Louis, I just knew that you would blog write about Nordstrom ditching Ivanka’s great clothes line and President Trump twitter yelling about it. Well, your libdem buddy President Truman did something similar. He wrote a very nasty letter to a music critic who had complained about Truman’s opera singer daughter Margaret singing so badly at a concert that people paid to hear.

    • Wow, I thought the frequent Trump campaign rhetoric of going back to the conduct of Bill Clinton to justify the vile nature of Trump was unfortunate, but to travel way back to Truman is a real “turn back the hands of time” moment. There is no “past practice” defense that is relevant here.

  2. As far as I know Mr Trump has not threatened to punch anyone.

    I happen to find it despicable to try and get back at someone by going after the children.

  3. Actually Mr Trump is trying to do the job we hired him to do. But, partisan politics being what it is, the liberals are fighting him every step of the way.
    Example; Mr Trump is trying to do exactly what schumer was saying 2 years ago. Now old chucky is shedding crocodile tears over it.
    60% agree with what Mr Trump is doing. Let the man do his job. If he can’t do it, then vote him out in 4 years.

    • Hmm, and the GOP didn’t fight Obama every step of the way? How quickly you forget now that your pal is in office.

      Actually, your poll must be fake news as I have seen plenty showing dissatisfaction with Trump already and the direction of the nation.

      And his job is not to enrich the elites as he appears to be poised to do and sell the middle class down the river yet again. And yes, he will be voted out of office as in “You’re Fired” in less than 4 years now.

  4. Hmm, and the GOP didn’t fight Obama every step of the way? How quickly you forget now that your pal is in office.

    Actually, your poll must be fake news as I have seen plenty showing dissatisfaction with Trump already and the direction of the nation.

    And his job is not to enrich the elites as he appears to be poised to do and sell the middle class down the river yet again. And yes, he will be voted out of office as in “You’re Fired” in less than 4 years now.
    end quote

    Spoken as a true liberal.
    And, yes, obama was fought as he should have been. The man is unqualified and incompetent.
    Mr Trump may not yet be qualified, but is learning. He certainly isn’t incompetent.
    I’m not the one watching/reading ‘fake’ liberal news.

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